falx

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falx

/fælks/
/fɔlks/

Rhymes with -ælks, -ɔlks

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From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

noun falxes · falces

historical A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
dated A chelicera.
A snake's poison fang.
A rotula of a sea urchin.

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@misc{falx_2026,
  title = {falx},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/falx},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}